Latest News | 'No Road, No Vote': Residents of Uttarakhand Village to Boycott Elections if Road Not Built

Uttarkashi, Oct 18 (PTI) "No road, no vote" -- this is what the residents of Livada village here have decided until an approach road to the village is built.

In a memorandum submitted to the District Magistrate of Uttarkashi, the residents of Livadi village have said that they will not participate in any election until the road is built.

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“No road, no vote,” the villagers said in the memorandum.

Local MLA Durgeshwar Lal said the construction work was not possible due to rain but the work is progressing at a fast pace and the road will soon be opened.

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In March 2013, the construction work of the Jakhol-Livadi road to connect six villages, including Livadi -- the last village of Govind Wildlife Sanctuary National Park area in Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi -- was given to the Irrigation Block, Purola under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.

After approval, a 15-km stretch of road was "cut" following which, WAPCOS Limited took over the project. Since then, the construction work has been going on at a very slow pace, causing resentment among the villagers, the memorandum said.

The five other villages that will be connected to the Jakhol-Livadi motorable road are Rala, Haripur, Kasla, Rekcha, and Fitadi.

In a meeting held on Tuesday, a resolution was passed unanimously in which the villagers announced a complete boycott of all elections till the time a motorable road to the village is built.

According to officials, 285 families reside in Livadi village.

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